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Psychologist Kathryn Faughey was found dead in her office on 79th Street in New York City on the night of February 12, 2008. She was attacked with a meat cleaver by a colleague's patient.
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Fast Facts
- Age: 56
- Another doctor, Dr. Kent T. Shinbach, was seriously injured, but expected to survive
- Suspect was caught on surveillance cameras leaving the building
- David Tarloff has been arrested in connection with the crime
- Faughey had been practicing cognitive behavioral psychotherapy in the same office for over 20 years
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Kathryn Faughey News
- Official Site: Kathryn Faughey
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- The New York Times: Queens Man Is Arrested in Killing of Therapist (February 17, 2008)
- 39-year-old David M. Tarloff of Queens has been arrested and charged with the murder of Kathryn Faughey. He said he had planned to rob the office and use the money to take his mother out of the country.
- The New York Times: Queens Man Arrested in Killing of Therapist (February 16, 2008)
- MyFox New York: Police Question, Release Man in Meat Cleaver Murder (February 14, 2008)
- "Forty-three-year-old William Kunsman was released shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday. Kunsman told WCBS-TV that he did not kill Faughey."
- New York Times: "Man Sought in Psychologist's Stabbing" (February 13, 2008)
- "Armed with a suitcase full of knives, an unidentified middle-aged man unleashed a rampage of violence inside the offices of an Upper East Side psychiatry practice on Tuesday night, fatally stabbing and slashing a well-known psychologist before wounding her colleague when he tried to come to her aid, officials said on Wednesday."
- NY1: Police Search For Suspect In Hacking Death (February 13, 2008)
- "He is described as being about 40 years old, between 5'8 and 5'10 inches tall, and weighing about 200 pounds. He was wearing a green trench coat, sneakers and a baseball hat."
- FOXNews.com: New York Psychologist Hacked to Death in Meat Cleaver Attack... (February 13, 2008)
- Daily News: Patient hacks therapist to death (February 13, 2008)
- WNBC.com: Manhunt Underway For Patient Accused Of Killing UES Psychologist (February 13, 2008)
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Kathryn Faughey Blogs and Commentary
- Google Blog Search: Kathryn Faughey
- The True Crime Weblog: Dr. Kathryn Faughey
- The New York Times: Therapist Remembered as One Who Refreshed the Broken (February 17, 2008)
- Kathryn Faughey was mourned by hundreds of friends, family and former patients at her funeral Mass on Saturday, February 16.
- WCBSTV.com: Friends Remember Slain Therapist As Kind Counselor (February 14, 2008)
- "'When I talked to her about my feelings, she got it,' Camwell said. 'She was one of those therapists who brought a piece of herself into her work.'"
- ABC News: Brutal Killing Wake-Up Call for Therapists (February 13, 2008)
- New York Daily News: Savage cleaver murder was carefully planned; killer was 'crazy... (February 13, 2008)
